4th Grade Ecosystems Vocabulary
Mrs. Thornburg’s version
Vocabulary in 4th Grade Ecosystems
Population Food Web
Ecosystem Environment
Habitat Community
Food Chain Decomposer
Predator Energy Pyramid
Niche Producer
Prey Consumer
What do we call an environment that meets the needs of an organism?
What do we call a series of organisms in its habitat?
What do we call a diagram showing how much energy is passed on from one organism to the next
in a food chain?
What do we call a consumer that eats prey?
What do we call consumers that are eaten by predators?
What do we call a living thing that feeds on wastes and on the remains of dead plants and animals?
What do we call a group of food chains that overlap?
What do we call the role of an organism in an ecosystem?
What do we call the living and nonliving things in an area?
What do we call a living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food?
What do we call a living thing that can’t make its own food and must eat other living things?
What do we call a group made up of the same kind of individuals living in the same ecosystem?
What do we call all the different populations that live in the same place?
What do we call all living and nonliving things that surround you?